• Friday: Asia Pacific stocks close

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22 April 2013

Friday: Asia Pacific stocks close

Asian stocks rose for a second day, led by Japanese exporters as the yen slid to a four-year low against the dollar after the Bank of Japan’s stimulus policies were unopposed at a Group of 20 meeting.

Nikkei 225 13,568.37 +251.89 +1.89%

Hang Seng 22,084.58 +71.01 +0.32%

S&P/ASX 200 4,966.6 +34.69 +0.70%

Shanghai Composite 2,242.17 -2.47 -0.11%

Nissan Motor Co., a Japanese carmaker that gets 79 percent of sales overseas, climbed 2.6 percent.

China Unicom Hong Kong Ltd., the nation’s second-largest wireless carrier, jumped 3.9 percent after increasing its third-generation mobile subscribers.

PICC Property and Casualty Co., China’s biggest non-life insurer, slipped 3 percent in Hong Kong after an earthquake struck the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan at the weekend.
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